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PHIPA Decision 17

Today we published PHIPA Decision 17, an important decision dealing with the application of both the Personal Health Information Protection Act (PHIPA) and the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (FIPPA) to a hospital. The matter began as a request by a father whose child died...

Published on Nov 16, 2015

Frontline #HealthPrivacy – Join the Conversation

Ten years after the passage of the Personal Health Information Protection Act ( PHIPA), unauthorized access to personal health information remains a serious issue. This has been highlighted in recent years by a few high-profile privacy breaches. Often, the persons accused of the privacy violations...

Published on Nov 9, 2015

Submission to the Standing Committee on Justice Policy: Police Record Checks Reform Act

In a letter to Shafiq Qaadri, MPP and chair of the Standing Committee on Justice Policy, the Commissioner has expressed his support for Bill 113, the Police Record Checks Reform Act (the Act), which incorporates key privacy-protecting measures our office has recommended over the past decade. The Act...

Published on Nov 5, 2015

Updated FAQs on Ontario’s Health Privacy Act

Think you know PHIPA? Ontario’s health-specific privacy legislation, the Personal Health Information Protection Act, came into force 11 years ago, on Nov. 1, 2004. To inform health information custodians and the public about their obligations and rights, we provide related resources on our website...

Published on Nov 3, 2015

PHIPA: Past, Present, Future

Ontario’s health privacy act came into effect a decade ago, and since then our office has worked to uphold its principles by issuing decisions, guidelines and training materials for health information custodians. The Personal Health Information Protection Act ( PHIPA) is now recognized as a gold...

Published on Oct 26, 2015

Submission to the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly: E-Petitions

Earlier today the Commissioner appeared before the Standing Committee on the Legislative Assembly to provide advice on the integration of e-petitions into the Assembly’s existing petition procedures. His submission discusses the benefits of e-petitions, including how they can support open and...

Published on Oct 21, 2015

How to Access Your Police-Held Records

Members of the public have the right to request records containing their personal information from the Ontario Provincial Police or a municipal police service. Individuals who make these requests may have, for example, played a role in a suspected offence, been involved in a call for service or some...

Published on Oct 14, 2015

Guidelines for the Use of Video Surveillance

Many institutions turn to video surveillance to help them fulfil their obligations to protect the safety of individuals and the security of their equipment and property. Video footage captured by cameras is regularly used to assist in the investigation of wrongdoing. However, the use of these...

Published on Oct 6, 2015

Reaching Out to Ontario, Sault Ste Marie

On Sept. 25, 2015, the IPC was at Sault Area Hospital for a Reaching Out to Ontario event marking Right to Know Week. Commissioner Brian Beamish spoke about the ongoing evolution to more transparent and accountable government, Assistant Commissioners David Goodis and Sherry Liang discussed...

Published on Oct 5, 2015

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